| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Parliament Ratifies Adoption Pact With U.S. |
Parliament on Tuesday ratified an agreement with the United States on adoptions.
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| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Mother and Uncle Left Child to Die on Highway |
A young mother and her brother were sentenced Tuesday after they acknowledged putting the woman’s 9-month-old son on a four-lane highway outside Moscow in hopes he would get killed.
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| After Russian Floods, Grief, Rage and Deep Mistrust |
Officials acknowledged that they had been aware of a threat to Krymsk the night before deadly flooding, but had not taken measures to rouse its sleeping residents.
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| Wikipedia Shuts Site to Protest Bill for Firewall in Russia |
Major Internet sites and human rights advocates sharply criticized a proposed law that would grant the Russian government broad new powers to restrict Web content.
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| Russian Wikipedia goes dark, protests 'great firewall' of Russia |
It's blackout time for Wikipedia in Russian.
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| Russian Wikipedia shuttered in protest |
Wikipedia once again is diving into Internet politics.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=zYfsn7w-3y0:OCYMpgrDTks:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=zYfsn7w-3y0:OCYMpgrDTks:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=zYfsn7w-3y0:OCYMpgrDTks:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?i=zYfsn7w-3y0:OCYMpgrDTks:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?a=zYfsn7w-3y0:OCYMpgrDTks:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_
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| Russia Sends Warships on Maneuvers Near Syria |
Russia announced that a flotilla of navy vessels had sailed to the Mediterranean Sea and some would dock in the Syrian port of Tartus, moves seemed designed to convey that Russia would protect their interests in Syria.
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| Guardiola on 13-man list to become Russia coach |
MOSCOW (AP) -Pep Guardiola, Marcello Lippi and Rafa Benitez are on a list of 13 candidates to become Russia's next national team coach.
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| Photos: Deadly Russia floods |
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Monday a national day of mourning in the wake of devastating, raging floodwaters that tore through streets in the southern part of the country and killed more than 170 people, according to Russian media reports.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=LDxOqCokAc8:73ZCXzsy-J8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=LDxOqCokAc8:73ZCXzsy-J8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=LDxOqCokAc8:73ZCXzsy-J8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?i=LDxOqCokAc8:73ZCXzsy-J8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_world?a=LDxOqCokAc8:73ZCXzsy-J8:qj6IDK7rITs
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| Russian Wikipedia shuts down site to protest bill |
Wikipedia on Tuesday shut down its Russian-language site for 24 hours to protest a bill that would give the Russian government sweeping powers to blacklist certain sites, the latest in a flurry of legislation that appears aimed at neutering a growing opposition movement that has protested President Vladimir Putin's rule.
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